Intro to Mercator maps and volcano formation and location
1. Digging Deeper questions on reading
Wednesday March 4th
Looking at a Mercator Projection - Where are the volcanoes?
1. Activity on mapping volcanoes around the world - allows students to see the plate boundaries
Introduction to Plate Tectonics
1. Notes on different plate boundary interactions (divergent, convergent, transform)
- continent-continent
- continent-oceanic
- oceanic-oceanic
2. Explanation of individual student PowerPoint presentations
- distribute graphic organizer to outline requirements of presentations
- have students chose the plate boundary they will research and present on
Thursday March 5th
Research on plate boundary
1. Individual research in computer lab
Friday March 6th
Research on plate boundary
1. Individual research in computer lab
2. Start working on PowerPoint presentation if research complete
1. Quiz on first half of Wickford Quadrangle
2. Review second half of Wickford Quadrangle
Intro to Mercator maps and volcano formation and location
1. Digging Deeper questions on reading
1. Activity on mapping volcanoes around the world - allows students to see the plate boundaries
Introduction to Plate Tectonics
1. Notes on different plate boundary interactions (divergent, convergent, transform)
- continent-continent
- continent-oceanic
- oceanic-oceanic
2. Explanation of individual student PowerPoint presentations
- distribute graphic organizer to outline requirements of presentations
- have students chose the plate boundary they will research and present on
1. Individual research in computer lab
1. Individual research in computer lab
2. Start working on PowerPoint presentation if research complete